GREAT SAND DUNES N M, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(053541) GREAT SAND DUNES N M
From Year=1950 To Year=2006
Cooling Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
55	0	0	0	1	39	195	330	255	94	5	0	0	919
57	0	0	0	0	21	147	268	195	59	2	0	0	693
60	0	0	0	0	7	85	179	113	23	0	0	0	408
65	0	0	0	0	1	20	58	23	3	0	0	0	104
70	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	9

Cooling Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the daily average temperature and the base temperature. (Daily Ave. Temp. - Base Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is above the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 95 and the low temperature was 51, the base 60 heating degree day units is ((95 + 51) / 2) - 60 = 13. This is done for each day of the month and summed.
Table updated on Jul 28, 2006
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered

Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu